copyholder
Example Sentences
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This copyholder was undoubtedly the descendant of the Welsh serf of mediaeval times.
From Short History of Wales by Sir Owen Morgan Edwards
I feel what I owe you, and, independently of this, I love you as a friend,—indeed so much that I regret, seriously regret, that you have been my copyholder.
From Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. by A. Turnbull
I feel what I owe you, and independently of this, I love you as a friend; indeed, so much, that I regret, seriously regret, that you have been my copyholder.
From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Joseph Cottle
The rise of the copyholder from a state of uncertainty to certainty of tenure appears to have been very gradual.
From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various
Most former voters and every leaseholder and every copyholder were excluded.
From Our Legal Heritage by S. A. Reilly
